Thirty Entrepreneurship: Recycling of second-hand aircraft carriers at the beginning

Chapter 436 Investing in Girlfriend
"Then I won't be able to ask too much about the war zone here."

Liu Dingcang walked over to the table where the phone was placed and sat down next to Fang Weihai, saying, "There's nothing inconvenient to disclose. We just received new news that a trading ship from France was hijacked by pirates on the high seas."

When Fang Weihai heard this, he frowned and asked nervously, "Which sea area?"

Liu Dingcang replied: "It is in the high seas, but it is very close to our waters, so they asked our country for help."

Just then, there was a knock on Liu Dingcang's office door.

After the door opened, the person who came in was Lin Xuejun, director of the Eastern Theater Command.

Lin Xuejun saw Fang Weihai and Liu Dingcang sitting in the office. He greeted them first and then said, "We can take advantage of this meeting to sit together and chat."

Although he was younger than Liu Dingcang and Fang Weihai, he had a close relationship with them. He was keenly aware of the changes in them and their meaningful looks.

"So is there something wrong?" Lin Xuejun asked in surprise. He knew that he must have missed some important information, otherwise the two of them would not look at him with such eyes at the same time.

Liu Dingcang explained to Lin Xuejun everything that had just been discussed on the phone, and then arranged new tasks.

"Now, this matter has to be handed over to the Eastern Theater Command to handle, so I don't have much time to chat with you today." Liu Dingcang said.

After receiving the new task, Lin Xuejun immediately saluted the commander of the headquarters with a standard military salute and assured firmly: "Please rest assured, leader, I will complete the task!"

At this moment, the information received by the Chinese Navy was a fixed code, and the Chinese side did not know the specific situation on the ship. In the headquarters of the Eastern Theater Command, Commander Tong Shichen was pacing back and forth anxiously, looking a little restless.

"Why hasn't Lin Xuejun arrived yet? I've been calling him for so long, why is he still dawdling on the road?" Tong Shichen said impatiently.

Seeing this, the person next to him asked tentatively: "How about I give him another call to urge him?"

"Hit, hit quickly!" Tong Shichen ordered without hesitation.

You know, Tong Shichen is not the only one who can issue orders for their combat command. Lin Xuejun also plays a pivotal role in it. What's more, they also need to make detailed arrangements and deployments for the rescue plan.

Just then, Lin Xuejun's call finally got through.

Tong Shichen couldn't wait to urge: "Where are you now? Regarding the next rescue plan, I need to hold a meeting with you and a few other people to discuss it."

Lin Xuejun was also extremely anxious. He quickly glanced out the window and replied, "Commander, I've spent a lot of time on this journey. Why don't we just have a video call? This will save some time."

After hesitating for a moment, Tong Shichen finally nodded and responded, "Well, okay."

At this time, everyone else in the conference room had arrived and sat together, and Lin Xuejun's image was displayed on the monitor in the conference room.

Tong Shichen said, "Everyone already knows about the French cargo ship. Now that we have received a distress signal, we must develop a reliable and feasible rescue plan as soon as possible."

Another person added: "The problem is that we don't know what happened on the ship, nor do we know the specific situation on the ship."

"Could it be that they encountered pirates?" someone speculated.

However, someone immediately retorted: "There is no record of piracy on that route, and this is not Somali waters."

Everyone was discussing, trying to guess the situation on the other ship. After listening to the others, Lin Xuejun said quickly: "We have no way of finding out the specific situation on the ship. If necessary, we must conduct reconnaissance."

Tong Shichen also nodded in agreement: "Time is life now. Every minute and every second is related to the safety of the hostages. Since we cannot be sure of the situation on the ship, we can only make a plan based on the current situation."

Lin Xuejun suggested: "I think it is safer for us to use drones for reconnaissance. This way, we can effectively detect the situation of the freighter without being attacked without reason and causing casualties."

Another commander beside him nodded in agreement: "Not bad, and this time our modified drone also has extremely strong anti-missile and attack capabilities."

Tong Shichen listened to everyone's discussion and gradually made up his mind. He finally sighed and said, "In this case, let's finalize this plan. We will first send the modified drone to investigate the situation, and then our rescue ship will follow closely."

When faced with this kind of "pirate" situation, they cannot directly use Mirage fighter jets to attack as they did in other theaters of war when dealing with the Somalia issue before. After all, the enemy's situation is still unclear.

Wang Bing and Huang Xiaoxue were entrusted with the important task. They led other skilled drone operators to board the rescue ship. The drone on the runway was already rising up and flying into the sky under their control. Wang Bing took one of the trainees and took the lead, driving the drone to the location of the French freighter in the specified longitude and latitude.

At this time, Lin Xuejun had returned to the headquarters and was closely following all the movements. The personnel responsible for signal inspection and freighter situation analysis suddenly found that the signal on the screen was interrupted and hurriedly reported to Lin Xuejun.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xuejun quickly rushed to the monitor and saw that just as the soldiers had reported, the ship's signal had been completely cut off.

Tong Shichen had also been paying attention to the developments here. He said, "It seems that the other party has noticed our actions and cut off their signal source."

Deputy commander Wang Mingjie added: "It's just not certain whether they knew the people on board had sent a distress signal."

Lin Xuejun pondered for a moment and said, "They probably don't know yet, otherwise they wouldn't have waited so long to cut off the signal source."

Each ship is equipped with satellite signal receiving and transmitting devices, the purpose of which is to facilitate the discovery of the ship's heading through these devices. In the vast ocean, if you don't look carefully, you can't even detect a few drones flying overhead.

These drones are extremely fast and small in size, and are even more difficult to detect after being equipped with stealth paint.

They set out from Huaxia, flew all the way to the high seas, and gradually approached a cargo ship. There was another ship anchored next to the cargo ship, the two ships were not far apart, but both were at a standstill.

At this time, some pirates were moving the cargo from the cargo ship little by little and placing it on the deck, while others were busy transferring the cargo to another ship.

Obviously, the cargo ship was bigger and carried more cargo, while the pirates' ship could not carry much cargo at one time.

However, they would not drive this cargo ship directly to their base, so while they were constantly moving the goods, they were also picking and choosing the types of goods.

Wang Bing was the first to see the target's situation through the drone's camera. He quickly reported to the headquarters and simultaneously transmitted his own video to the command center where Lin Xuejun was.

In the command center of the Eastern Theater Command, the large screen directly opposite Lin Xuejun was showing the drone recordings sent back by Huang Xiaoxue.

The people on the cargo ship didn't notice the existence of the drone at all, but the change in focal length of the drone's lens was enough to transmit the scene on the cargo ship clearly back.

The picture on the big screen kept moving, showing the cargo ship in 360 degrees without blind spots. Lin Xuejun carefully observed the content displayed in the transmitted picture and said, "Some people were injured, but it seems that no one died."

Then he turned around and asked the staff on the other side: "Have you contacted the company that owns the French freighter?"

The person being asked quickly pressed the enter key, and a series of messages appeared on his screen. He replied: "We have been contacted, and their company has sent over the crew information."

With this information, they can verify the situation of the matching personnel. At this time, Huang Xiaoxue's drone has also arrived at the target area, so they can understand the situation of the cargo ship and the pirate ship from multiple angles.

Lin Xuejun attached great importance to the images of pirates sent back by Wang Bing. He ordered: "Wang Bing, don't move. Adjust the images of these pirates to show them more clearly."

Following Lin Xuejun's instructions, Wang Bing completed facial recognition of all the pirates and sent them back one by one. Another large screen had displayed the faces of the pirates one by one. Although the identities of some pirates could not be fully confirmed because they were wearing veils, they still did not know the basic identities of these people.

"Who are these people? Why do they want to hijack this freighter? Is it just for the cargo?" Lin Xuejun said with full of doubts.

The information sent from France showed that these goods were mainly frozen poultry products, and he really couldn't think of any other problems.

At this moment, Liu Dingcang called and Lin Xuejun quickly answered the call.

"Xuejun, how's the progress on your side? Our superiors attach great importance to this rescue operation." Liu Dingcang asked on the phone.

"Chief, our drone has arrived at the location of the cargo ship, and we are formulating a rescue plan for the hostages." Lin Xuejun replied.

"Okay, then what about the casualties?" Liu Dingcang continued to ask with concern.

Lin Xuejun truthfully reported the information he had monitored, but he also reported the obstacles he encountered.

"What we are considering now is what kind of organization the other side is. Different organizations have different motives and show different resistance during the battle," said Lin Xuejun.

"Not only is their resistance different, even their firepower equipment will be different." Liu Dingcang added.

Lin Xuejun nodded in agreement (although it was on the phone, his attitude was very clear), but now the problem was in front of him.

"We simply cannot identify who these people are, or which organization or country they belong to. We have searched the international pirate record system over and over again, but have not found any of them," Lin Xuejun said helplessly.

After listening to this, Liu Dingcang hesitated for a moment, then said: "You can ask Boss Lin. In many cases, he knows things that we don't know!"

"But this is something that is not recorded in any international records. How could he know this?" Lin Xuejun asked with some confusion.

"Don't underestimate Boss Lin's abilities. He does have some special channels that allow him to know things that we don't know." Liu Dingcang said confidently.

Lin Xuejun was half-believing and half-doubting. He muttered to himself that although Lin Chen had a unique advantage in technology and equipment, it did not mean that he could recognize pirates at a glance. However, since Liu Dingcang had made his position clear, Lin Xuejun decided to give it a try.

At this time, Lin Chen was busy at work at the Meiyuan shooting site of the film and television base. Suddenly, his phone vibrated. He checked the sound and found that it was Lin Xuejun calling. Although the two did not interact much, Lin Chen knew that Lin Xuejun would not call him easily. If he did, it must be about equipment.

He answered the phone, and the two spoke almost at the same time: "Director Lin." "Boss Lin."

Lin Xuejun took the initiative to explain the reason for the call: "Boss Lin, I've encountered some troubles here, and Leader Liu said it would be no problem to find you!" He specifically brought up Fang Weihai to praise Lin Chen, and Lin Chen had to respond modestly.

Lin Xuejun didn't delay and directly explained the purpose of the call: "We received a distress signal from the French cargo ship. We have found robbers who are suspected to be pirates, but we can't confirm their identities. So, I want to see if Boss Lin can help check their identities. This is crucial to our next action."

After hearing this, Lin Chen immediately asked, "Are there any images of their faces?"

"Yes." Lin Xuejun replied.

"That's easy, just send it to me directly. But we have cooperated before, and you know that it's always payment first and then work." Lin Chen said bluntly.

Lin Xuejun smiled and responded: "Of course, is it charged per person or a one-time fee for their organization?"

"It's a one-time fee of 100,000, and all subsequent information about this organization can be provided free of charge." Lin Chen replied. After all, business is business, and you can't always do business at a loss.

(End of this chapter)